I kinda like the green/green on the frame/fork.
From rusty dust to Shiny ROSS *Slow-Mo For the Bro*
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Guess what? last weekend the bro showed up with the mission of finally putting some paint on this thing and guess what ? after looking at so many paint choices , He picked up a color never shown on the preview drawings 
but it is beautiful !
behold the teaser pics
Assembly should begin soon
but it is beautiful ! behold the teaser pics
Assembly should begin soon
Nice paint!
Luke.
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I got most of the wrinkles out of my recover by using A Sho Goo like product I would glue in a section and clamp it with those close pin type clamps then glue another section and clamp. Keep working and pretty soon you have a lot left that will make a wrinkle. Glue this part and then go back and remove some of your earlier glued on cover and readjust. You probably will have to cut out V shaped parts of the cover to avoid big overlaps. I have tried stretch vinyl and it is worse that the regular marine grade vinyl. You will still have a few small wrinkles. I used a LIGHT coat of spray adhesive on the sides to help avoid side wrinkles. Here is one of mine.So.. i rebuild the wheels ..painted rims "kaki beige" and wrapped spkoes in matt black "electric wire shrink wrap" topped it off with a nice pair of big apple brown tires.
This is the original front rim-only , or at least the one that was on the bike when we got it
doug out an old seat frame in my parts, cleaned/painted it and used a foam floor mat to make the cover..
I heated it a little bit so it take and keep its shape, and whrapped it in faux leather..
the thing is , i was planing on adding a contour with piping around the edges , but realized it is almost impossible to sow through 3 thickness of this fabric
still have to true the wheels and finish the seat before showing how it looks on the bike
yeah i used glue (fabric spray glue) but that faux leather was not very stretchy , i see you quoted the first try at this seat , the redo 2nd try is much better , partly do to the fact it is made from 2 pieces
some other fabrics stretch very well as you can see on one of my previous seat
His bike is such a great bike ! rides like a dream and looks like he dreamed
Ill post more pics soon
Now up to my 39Elgin and we'll be cruzin with style "cause mine have little to none yet"
Very cool. I just picked up a 59 Ross with the same frame. I like what you did with yours.
Good looking bike!
Luke.
Luke.
